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Martinez, Alfonso J. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2021
Students' ability to effectively allocate time toward educational tasks and reduction of maladaptive behaviors such as procrastination are important predictors of successful educational outcomes. The Academic Time Management and Procrastination Measure (ATMPM) purports to measure the extent to which students engage in such behaviors; however, the…
Descriptors: Time Management, Measures (Individuals), Factor Structure, Student Behavior
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Wu, Rongxiu; Chiu, Chungyi; Dueber, David; Park, Mirang; Lange, Dustin; Umucu, Emre; Strauser, David – International Journal of Testing, 2023
The current study examined the factor structure, measurement invariance, and construct validity of the 14-item Revised Developmental Work Personality Scale (RDWPS) using a sample of 603 college students in a Midwest university of the United States. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis results indicated that the 11-item RDWPS resulted in a…
Descriptors: Test Validity, College Students, Gender Differences, Personality Traits
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Ciplak, Ersun; Atici, Meral – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2021
This study aimed to adapt the Selfitis Behavior Scale (SBS) to measure university students' selfitis behavior in Turkey. Within the scope of the study, the SBS was translated from English to Turkish. Data were collected in the validity and reliability studies from four study groups, including 343 university students. According to the confirmatory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Photography, Self Esteem, Behavior Rating Scales
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Quinn-Nilas, Christopher; Kennett, Deborah J.; Maki, Karen – Educational Psychology, 2019
This study tested the factor structure of the explanatory style for failure (ESF) using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), tested measurement invariant across direct entry and transfer students, tested latent mean differences between these groups on the ESF factors, and tested a theoretical path model, whereby ESF explains variance in grades…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Failure, College Transfer Students, Foreign Countries
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Kishabale, Bashir – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2021
The current study, guided by the cross-sectional survey method, assessed interface design quality, and its predictive ability on E-learners' post-adoption behavior in E-learning course environments. DeLone and McLean's Information Systems Success Model, Khan's E-learning Framework, and Bhattacherjee's Information System Continuance Model formed…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Computer Interfaces, Design, Predictive Validity
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Moylett, Sinéad; Regan, Daniel; Walsh, Chloe; MacNeela, Pádraig; Hughes, Brian M. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2019
The aim was to examine the theoretical constructs and psychometric structure of the Protective Behavioural Strategies Scale (PBSS). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (EFA, CFA) were conducted on data from two studies. Only data from registered university students (18-25 years) were included. EFA supported a two-factor solution for the…
Descriptors: Drinking, Measures (Individuals), Likert Scales, Psychometrics
Rainey, Shawn Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2019
A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted within the measurement portion of a structural equation model (SEM) looking at first time, full time freshmen's perceptions, commitments, and behaviors in the early part of the first fall semester. Survey items collected within the first three to five weeks of the initial fall semester were found to…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Validity, College Freshmen, Academic Achievement
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Li, Li; Titsworth, Scott – American Journal of Distance Education, 2015
The current program of research included two studies that developed the Student Online Misbehaviors (SOMs) scale and explored relationships between the SOMs and various classroom communication processes and outcomes. The first study inductively developed initial SOM typologies and tested factor structure via an exploratory factor analysis.…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
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Ritchie, Laura; Williamon, Aaron – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2013
This research explores self-regulated learning behaviors as used by 174 students in higher music education during learning and practice, with the aim of demonstrating the interaction between processes, skills, and beliefs. A three-factor structure was identified within a newly adapted, ten-item Musical Self-regulated Learning Questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Music Education, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Student Behavior
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Kurt, Hakan; Ekici, Gulay – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
The aim of this study is to adapt the discipline efficacy scale to Turkish language, and conduct the validity and reliability analysis of the adapted scale. The scale was applied to 157 teacher candidates. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to reveal the construct validity of the scale. The results of the exploratory…
Descriptors: Translation, Turkish, Factor Analysis, Preservice Teachers
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Goodboy, Alan K. – Communication Education, 2011
Two studies (N = 420) were conducted to develop and validate the instructional dissent scale (IDS) for use in the college classroom. Participants in study 1 were 210 students who completed the IDS pilot inventory which was subjected to an exploratory factor analysis yielding three distinct factors of dissent (i.e., expressive, rhetorical,…
Descriptors: Dissent, Measures (Individuals), Undergraduate Students, Student Behavior
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Thalmayer, Amber Gayle; Saucier, Gerard; Eigenhuis, Annemarie – Psychological Assessment, 2011
A general consensus on the Big Five model of personality attributes has been highly generative for the field of personality psychology. Many important psychological and life outcome correlates with Big Five trait dimensions have been established. But researchers must choose between multiple Big Five inventories when conducting a study and are…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Personality Measures, Test Length, Undergraduate Students